Look guys.. everyone has a way to do it.. too many opinions can confuse a fella when starting out. The original post was about Pops Brine. I can tell you when I started with it I had questions and I made the mistake of posting in an open forum and got so many off base answers it wasn't funny.
Lucky for me I was able to communicate with Pops directly and got all my questions answered right away. Unfortunately now, that's not an option so it's up to the rest of us left to provide the BEST information to the original questions and not try to insert the 7800 other ways to skin a cat.
Pops6927's Wet Curing Brine is THE resource to use and again, use a scale to weigh the ingredients per gallon of water. Do NOT try to make a half batch or any other cutting down of the formula. The ingredients are cheap and available and making it in gallon batches with weighed ingredients is the only way to ensure consistent results. If you need 1 1/2 gallons to cover your meats then make 2 gallons. Respect the recipe and you'll do fine.